Freeman Elementary School will present its spring concert on Tuesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Each grade will present songs from Broadway musicals with grades 4-6 presenting the musical review, “Broadway Beat.” The concert is directed by Sonja Waltner. The public is invited to attend.

Amber Arlint, who grew up in Freeman as Amber Stern, sits on the Capitol steps in Pierre prior to the House session last week Thursday. Arlint, who lives with her husband and two sons in Sioux Falls, is representing District 12 and is featured in this week's Courier as the 5-Minute Interview. Read about her experience as a first-term lawmaker, including a surprising lesson about honey bees, online Wednesday and in print Thursday.

Today's "Monday on Main" feature posted on Facebook by Heritage Hall Museum & Archives offers a look at this historic building. The information accompanying the photo reads as follows: Today's Main on Monday feature shows a building that was a fixture at Fifth and Main in Freeman for half a century. It became home to Stucky Electric, Janver Stucky’s electric repair business, shortly after he opened at Fifth and Main in October 1974. Stucky had started his electric motor repair business on the family farm southeast of Freeman several years earlier.

The cross atop the steeple at the St. Paul Lutheran Church is pictured on a sunny late Saturday afternoon; the Freeman Missionary Church is shown in the distance. 

This photo from a century ago offers a look at what downtown Freeman looked like back then. While much have changed, several of the buildings shown on the right side of the picture are still standing, as is the Merchants State Bank clock located in the center of the photo. 

Jenny Peters fixes a plate of pancakes Friday morning, March 3 at the Freeman High School FFA pancake feed being held in conjunction with National FFA Week. Pictured in the background is Austin Unruh, head boys basketball coach for Freeman Academy/Marion, visiting with Patrick Hofer about tonight's Region 4B final in which Unruh's Bearcats will face Irene-Wakonda for a spot in the SoDak 16. The game will be the second of two and will follow the game between Viborg-Hurley and Scotland, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Players from the Menno boys basketball team are reflected on the court during a timeout Monday night, Feb. 27. The No. 8-seed Wolves hosted No. 9 Gayville-Volin in the opening round of the Region 4B Tournament and were edged by the Raiders  56-53. Ten three-pointers by the visitors propelled them to the win. Region 4B action continues tonight with four games, including a showdown between Freeman Academy/Marion and Freeman Public at 6 p.m. in Sterling Hall.

The scouting report on Centerville is quite simple: The girls can shoot. On Saturday night, Freeman got an up close and personal look at just how well.

The Region 4B Boys Basketball Tournament bracket is set and Freeman Academy/Marion will host Freeman Public Tuesday night, Feb. 28 in Sterling Hall at 6 p.m. FAM is 12-8 and the region's No. 2 seed while Freeman is 5-15 and the No. 7 seed. The tournament begins Monday night with No. 8 Menno (3-17) hosting No. 9 Gayville-Volin (3-17) at 6 p.m.

City workers clear a windrow of snow from Main Street Friday morning following the latest round of winter weather. And it's cold, with the air temperature below zero and a high today expected to be in the single digits.